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==Early years==
 
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Dermot Lavelle was born August 26th 1994 in Castlebar, Ireland. Lavelle grew up playing a variety of sports such as basketball, soccer and handball.
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Lavelle was born in Castlebar, Ireland on August 26th 1994. He spent the entirety of his childhood and majority of his teens living in the west of Ireland and predominately played soccer growing up as a youth.
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==College career==
 
==College career==
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Lavelle began his collegiate career playing for the Wildcats soccer team, playing out wide on either wing but was often employed as a wing back in a 5-3-2 formation to profit off of his speed and ability to go forward. Lavelle was eventually highlighted for his consistent performances and Wildcats coach at the time Rich Rodriguez approached him with the opportunity to try out for the football team prior to the seasons beginning. Lavelle impressed and was lined up at CB for the foreseeable future. Lavelle played well enough to start the season taking snaps at both CB and FS. Lavelle played all 13 games of Arizona's 7-6 record season and managed to snag himself 4 interceptions
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Lavelle attended University of Arizona, where he played for Rich Rodriguez's UAZ football team from 2015 - 2016.
  
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===Senior Year===
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Lavelle played all 13 games of Arizona's 7 - 6 record season and managed to consistently perform from both the CB and FS spot despite his lack of experience at the collegiate level. Lavelle finished his first and final season at Arizona with 4 interceptions , 18 pass deflections and 1 defensive touchdown.
  
 
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==Professional career==
 
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Coming out of UAZ in 2016, Lavelle was a projected second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. Many had compared his current ability and ceiling to Miami Doplhins starting cornerback Xavien Howard who would later go on to be drafted 38th overall in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. However just a month prior to to the 2016 NFL Draft, rumors began to circulate about Lavelle's work ethic and commitment to the game. Allegations regarding performance enhancing substances supposedly used during his time on the Wildcats during the 2016 NCAA season were constantly on the lips of the media, these claims were reported from former teammates of Lavelle during his time in Arizona. Three weeks prior to the draft, Lavelle suffered an apparent fractured clavicle injury according to his camp and had to pull out of the 2016 NFL Draft, worth noting is that these claims were never actually confirmed by any medical professional outside of Lavelle's circle.
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48 days after the 2016 NFL Draft, the inaugural S1 NSFL Draft was televised and many had speculated about Lavelle's intention to declare. However despite Lavelle's social media campaign praising the NSFL and expressing his willingness to declare for the S1 Draft, no formal paper work was submitted. Lavelle later blamed his agent at the time for the mistake, despite this Lavelle declared for the S2 NSFL Draft and entered S1 as the leagues first ever waiver player.
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Lavelle competed in all 7 aspects of the NSFL combine and scored very well among a cornerbacks class at the time which included Marc Spector, Tyler Oles , Darnell Turner and Rafael Reyes. Lavelle score the joint highest among cornerbacks in the Wonderlic with a score of 40, Turner also scored 40. Lavelle was also the strongest cornerback, amassing a total of 20 reps on the bench press while also recording the best 3 cone drill time (6.84) of the entire S2 NSFL Draft class which at the time was the 8th quickest all time.
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On June 4th 2016, the Yellowknife Wraiths signed Lavelle to a 1 year $2,000,000 waiver contract which would expire at the end of the 2016 season.
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Revision as of 14:09, 12 July 2018

Dermot Lavelle
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Lavelle returning a kick during S8
No. 40 – Yellowknife Wraiths
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1994-08-26)August 26, 1994 (aged 68)
Castlebar, Ireland
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College:University of Arizona
ISFL Draft:2017  / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NSFL statistics as of Week 17, 2023
Total tackles:477
Pass deflections:129
Interceptions:34
Forced fumbles:2
Fumble recoveries:2
defensive touchdowns:7

Dermot Lavelle (born August 26, 1994) is an American football cornerback for the Yellowknife Wraiths of the National Simulation Football League (NSFL). He played college football for the University of Arizona Wildcats before entering the professional ranks in 2016 as a waiver player before going on to be drafted first overall in the 2017 ISFL Draft (S2) by the Yellowknife Wraiths. Lavelle has been invited to the NSFL Pro Bowl in each of his eight seasons in the NSFL, and is widely considered to be one of the best cornerbacks in the league.

Early years

Lavelle was born in Castlebar, Ireland on August 26th 1994. He spent the entirety of his childhood and majority of his teens living in the west of Ireland and predominately played soccer growing up as a youth.

College career

Lavelle attended University of Arizona, where he played for Rich Rodriguez's UAZ football team from 2015 - 2016.

Senior Year

Lavelle played all 13 games of Arizona's 7 - 6 record season and managed to consistently perform from both the CB and FS spot despite his lack of experience at the collegiate level. Lavelle finished his first and final season at Arizona with 4 interceptions , 18 pass deflections and 1 defensive touchdown.

College career statistics

Career statistics Tackles Sacks Interceptions Other
Season Team Games Reg TFL Total Sack Int IntTD DefTD FFum FRec PD Safety
2015 AZ 13 41 6 47 1 4 1 1 1 0 18 0

Professional career

Coming out of UAZ in 2016, Lavelle was a projected second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. Many had compared his current ability and ceiling to Miami Doplhins starting cornerback Xavien Howard who would later go on to be drafted 38th overall in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. However just a month prior to to the 2016 NFL Draft, rumors began to circulate about Lavelle's work ethic and commitment to the game. Allegations regarding performance enhancing substances supposedly used during his time on the Wildcats during the 2016 NCAA season were constantly on the lips of the media, these claims were reported from former teammates of Lavelle during his time in Arizona. Three weeks prior to the draft, Lavelle suffered an apparent fractured clavicle injury according to his camp and had to pull out of the 2016 NFL Draft, worth noting is that these claims were never actually confirmed by any medical professional outside of Lavelle's circle.

48 days after the 2016 NFL Draft, the inaugural S1 NSFL Draft was televised and many had speculated about Lavelle's intention to declare. However despite Lavelle's social media campaign praising the NSFL and expressing his willingness to declare for the S1 Draft, no formal paper work was submitted. Lavelle later blamed his agent at the time for the mistake, despite this Lavelle declared for the S2 NSFL Draft and entered S1 as the leagues first ever waiver player.

Lavelle competed in all 7 aspects of the NSFL combine and scored very well among a cornerbacks class at the time which included Marc Spector, Tyler Oles , Darnell Turner and Rafael Reyes. Lavelle score the joint highest among cornerbacks in the Wonderlic with a score of 40, Turner also scored 40. Lavelle was also the strongest cornerback, amassing a total of 20 reps on the bench press while also recording the best 3 cone drill time (6.84) of the entire S2 NSFL Draft class which at the time was the 8th quickest all time.

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length 40‑yd dash 20‑ss 3‑cone Vert jump Broad BP Wonderlic
6 ft 0 in
(1.83 m) 		205 lb
(93 kg) 		34+5⁄8 in
(0.88 m) 		4.40 s 4.18 s 6.84 s 31.7 in
(0.81 m) 		130 ft .2 in
(39.63 m) 		20 reps 40

2016

On June 4th 2016, the Yellowknife Wraiths signed Lavelle to a 1 year $2,000,000 waiver contract which would expire at the end of the 2016 season.

Professional career statistics

Career statistics Tackles Sacks Interceptions Other Kick Returns Punt Returns
Season Team Games Reg TFL Total Sack Int IntTD DefTD FFum FRec PD Safety Yds Avg KR TD Yds Avg PR TD
2016 (S1) BAL 14 77 0 77 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Achievements and Records

Awards

Team
Individual

NSFL records

  • 2017; Set new NSFL record for most kick return yards in a season (823 yards)

Yellowknife Wraiths franchise records

  • 2018; Set BAL franchise record for most punt return yards in a season (429 yards)

References

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